| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Seeking help | 10/3/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I am a 30 year old female who has been drinking 1-2 bottles of wine per day for the last 2 years. ...
A: Greetings to you, Jane. You have written: >> I have pain in my liver ... do you think my liver ...
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| alcohol/divorce | 10/2/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: My husband has recently filed for a divorce. He is an alcoholic, although he doesn't admit it. I ...
A: First of all I respect your position about the divorce and wanting to make your marriage work. ...
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| symptoms | 10/1/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I think that my father is an alcoholic, but I am not sure. Can you tell me which are the symptoms of ...
A: Good day, the symptoms of alcoholism are many. One primary symptom is denial that there is any ...
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| Stressed out | 10/1/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: .I need help. My husband is an alcoholic. He drinks every day. When he comes home from work at ...
A: Greetings to you, Shelley. You have written: >> I need help ... >> I've been to therapy ... >> I'm ...
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| Losing my father to alcoholism | 10/1/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I just want to add to my previous question that - I rang my father every day after the paramedics ...
A: Take courage Kelly and pray hard for your father's soul. Forgive him for his mistakes and in turn ...
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| losing my father to alcoholism | 10/1/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I am struggling deeply with coming to terms with the evil disease which has taken my father away. ...
A: At the outset, my heartfelt sympathies goes out to you. Now lets look at the bare facts. Your ...
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| Support for my boyfriend in recovery | 9/29/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: Please forgive me, if I sound ignorant. I have never done this before. My boyfriend of 5 months is ...
A: Greetings to you, Susan. I believe your dilemma is one that is rather simple to understand, but one ...
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| break up with fiance | 9/29/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I originally wrote to Derek and he replied, but now I have further questions and he's no longer ...
A: Greetings to you, Shelley. You have written, and you asked: >> Derek indicated that [my fiancé’s] ...
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| alcoholism | 9/29/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: I am not sure if my husband is an alcoholic. First of all, his dad is an alcoholic. Two years ago, ...
A: Labeling a person an alcoholic is not really the point. People can be alcoholics at many different ...
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| :( I need help | 9/29/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I am in love with an alcoholic , I was raised by an alcoholic , and statistically I am an alcoholic ...
A: Good day, I know that drinking alcohol especially to an alcoholic is in the beginning at least a ...
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| 10 beer a day | 9/28/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: I am Rahi from uk ,my brother drink a lot and i have heard that he take drugs as well we dont stay ...
A: There is not much you can do if he does not want to help himself. To understand alcoholism please ...
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| my husband is an alcoholic | 9/28/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: My husband is an admitted alcholic. He has told me over and over again that he is not going to quit ...
A: Greetings to you, Billie. You have written: >> I don't know how much more I can take. >> I am ...
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| alcoholism | 9/28/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: my boyfriend who has been sober for nearly a year became verbally abusive to me. he then tried to ...
A: People steeped in addiction will develop all kinds of clever ways to avoid the reality that a ...
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| The guilty feeling | 9/27/2008 | Druideck |
Q: Every morning I wake up saying this will be the day. Then by the afternoon I need a drink. Can ...
A: Dave, the guilt that you have failed personally can combine with other factors of this illness to ...
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| My new husband has returned to addictions | 9/26/2008 | Joseph Lee O. |
Q: I married a wonderful and thoughtful man 5 weeks ago. It was the happiest day of my life. My husband ...
A: Greetings to you, Tracia. You have asked: >> Where is the man I dated for a year? >> How did I not ...
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| is my husband an alcoholic or is he using it to get through tough times | 9/26/2008 | Rebos |
Q: My husband is a builder and we are about to file bankruptcy we have been going through this horrible ...
A: Good morning Shelly and thank you for your question Unfortunately, your husband is the only one who ...
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| break up with fiance | 9/25/2008 | Derek Johnson |
Q: I recently had a very bad break up with my fiance (2 years together) who I strongly believe is an ...
A: I agree that his problems are much to deep for you to be of any real help - especially if he is not ...
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| Would like a hard copy of your book | 9/24/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: I can access your book "Getting off the hook" at Google Book Search, but I an very interested in ...
A: You can buy a hard copy of my book from our President: Mr Geoff Goninon at: ...
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| Post Acute-Withdrawl Syndrome | 9/24/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I think I might be experiencing some of the symptoms of PAWS and am in the care of a doctor. I was ...
A: Good day, there are many feelings of ups and downs in recovery as our brain chemicals and our ...
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| Wife is alcoholic | 9/23/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I need advice. Wife is alcoholic. She is good when not drinking, but totally different when ...
A: I am sorry for the pain you are obviously in. The first priority is, as you suggest, the safety of ...
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| SHOULD I HELP HIM | 9/22/2008 | Rebos |
Q: Well firstly I suspected the boyfriend I was seeing of 8 months was an alcoholic. On confronting ...
A: Good morning Lesley and thank you for your question. The steps that you should take… is to find out ...
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| sad | 9/20/2008 | Druideck |
Q: My soon to be husband has not been ship out yet but he think it is o,k to drink and he gets really ...
A: Jessica, the first thing you should do is get to a safe place like a relative or friend or a ...
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| father alocoholic | 9/19/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have a problem with my father who has become an alcoholic since past 8 months. Not a single day ...
A: Dileep, he will just buy more alcohol if you give him money. If he needs things like food, get him ...
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| father alocoholic | 9/18/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have a problem with my father who has become an alcoholic since past 8 months. Not a single day ...
A: Dileep, I know it is distressing to watch your father in this condition. It is difficult to deal ...
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| Am I the one with a problem? | 9/17/2008 | Druideck |
Q: Please help me understand what the heck is going on. I was in a relationship with an alcoholic for ...
A: Lena, you basically pegged the problem when you said you feel addicted to him. This guy has living ...
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| CONFUSED | 9/16/2008 | Jurriaan Plesman |
Q: Please help me before I go crazy. Let me briefly explain my story. Over a year ago my ex boyfriend ...
A: You say you are addicted to this man who abuses you and uses you whenever he is drunk. This does not ...
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| How do I talk to my husband about his increasingly alarming drinking? | 9/15/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I am so nervouse to put this sentence down, it means this is really an issue. I have been married ...
A: This is such a difficult situation for you, as a newlywed and a person in recovery, to have a ...
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| Should I Date A Newly Sober Alcoholic | 9/15/2008 | Clyde |
Q: I dated an alcoholic for a year in a half about a year ago, after which time we broke up. We ...
A: Nik, Thank you for your questions and explaining something about the situation. I take it ...
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| help with alcoholic boyfriend | 9/15/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I am having issues with my current boyfriend. We have been together for 18 months, and he is a ...
A: Jodi, many of the things you mentioned are classic behaviours of an alcoholic. Hiding drinks, ...
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| Alcoholism | 9/14/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: My girlfriend wants to stop drinkng. She says it will be easier for her to stop if i stop with her. ...
A: That's a really good question. I am not sure that "fairness" is the issue here. Let me give some ...
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| advice on alcholic daughter | 9/14/2008 | John Hendrix |
Q: I have a daughter who is an alcholic. What's bad about it is leads her to depressed fits whenever ...
A: In my experiecne working with families in situations similar to yours, your daughter should not be ...
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| Drinking problems. | 9/14/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: My older sister and her husband are both addicted to alcohol and it has become very hard to stay in ...
A: I'm glad that you've so much concern for your sibling. Have you suggested to them that they seek ...
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| unpredictable boyfriend | 9/13/2008 | Clyde |
Q: i am currently in a relationship with an alcoholic. we were social acquaintances 4 years back. now ...
A: Sara, Thank you for your questions and I apologize for the delay in answering. The long ...
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| Alcohol and cocain addiction | 9/12/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I hope you can help. My husband has recently come out of rehabilitation. He had cocaine and alcohol ...
A: Addiction is a disease and cannot be cured. It can only be arrested by staying stop. You ...
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| Husband Drinking | 9/12/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I have been married for 18 years. We have been through some major financial downfalls over the past ...
A: Robin, I understand how difficult it is to care for someone that is making choices that are ...
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| Alcoholic girlfriend, unstable boyfriend | 9/11/2008 | Druideck |
Q: I think I am here to try to talk myself out of carrying on the relationship with my girlfriend. She ...
A: Scott, you have a long troubled history with this relationship. As I see it you have to decide what ...
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| advice regarding alcoholic friend | 9/10/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: Jan, My best friend is an alcoholic. She got a DUI 8 years ago and went to AA. As a result she quit ...
A: You sounde like a good, caring friend. As such, I consider the most loving thing to do is to be ...
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| Need Help... Just Broke up with Alcoholic Guy | 9/10/2008 | Amarnath.B |
Q: I fell upon your site online and really hope you can help me. I have also posted on an al-anon ...
A: Yes, you're one of the many who is addicted to the addicted. This is another type of co-dependency ...
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| ? | 9/10/2008 | Clyde |
Q: Where do you get help without joining support groups,I have spent the last ten no probably twenty ...
A: Sam, Thank you for your question. I would strongly suggest that you mention this to your ...
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| My 32 Year old Daughter | 9/10/2008 | Jan Edward Williams |
Q: I have a 32 year old daughter who became an alcoholic a couple of years ago during a short abusive ...
A: I sure empathize with your feelings of anger and pain. Persons with addiction are totally ...
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